Black Pearl Rosé 2011 vintage, NOW ON SALE!!!!

MEG - OUR LITTLE PEARL NEEDS YOU HELP.Meg is 4 years old and has spastic Quadreplegic Cerebal Palsy.We are launching the second release of Meg's rosé wine called Black Pearl.The idea for this fundraising effort came from winemaker & family friend Eleana Anderson of Mayford Wines (www.mayfordwines.com) who has lovingly donated her time and resources.This wine is made from donated grapes grown in the Alpine Valleys by Mayford & Michelini wines, (www.micheliniwines.com.au) and bottled with assistance from Ringer Reef Wines (www.ringerreef.com.au) and picked, bottled, labeled and packed by volunteers.A big, huge thank you to all those who gave their time and assistance.The rosé was certainly made with love, you can taste it in every bottle!The funds raised from the sale of this wine will be used for Megs future needs,

including this year the purchase of her first wheelchair.

For sale at Alpine Visitor Centres, in Bright, Mt Beauty & Myrtleford, & Food, Wine, Friends in Bright or print the order form below and we will deliver! Please help us to help Meg. For wine enquiries please email Kate - casleyke@bigpond.com. Enjoy!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Meg had a lovely birthday party in the garden after Kinder on Tuesday. Lots of kids, her dad, Brother Tom ( Skived off school for a couple of hours), Joan, Jan, MIchelle and loads of other parents also came along. Olivia, her new best friend was the centre of attention. Meg even enjoyed everyone singing happy birthday!

Thanks everyone for making it a special day for her!

Party number 2 coming up with dad this weekend & party number 3 next thursday in Melbourne with all her cousins etc. Meg wore new princess fairy outfit for the event and loved all the attention (mostly).

Friday, February 10, 2012

I wanted to let you know about a very special visitor that CPEC had yesterday and to give you an indication of the calibre of Centre your child attends.

Dr Wing-Kun Tam, President of Lions International which has over 1.35 million members,visited us to hear a proposal that would see the wonderful CPEC programs exported all around the world.

Dr Tam was in Melbourne for 18 hours, and during that time our Centre was the first visit he made and the only visit he made to any charity or organisation like us.

As well as having the President visit which alone was a massive coup, we also had the Second Vice President visit and it is the first time the two of them have made an official visit in Australia together. We also had many other Lions representatives who are very excited about CPEC and willing to work with us together to try and get the Education and Training Programs running.

It is easy sometimes when you come to the Centre regularly to forget how special it is but seeing this meeting today where one of the most influential people in fundraising in the world was excited by what he saw (and if you imagine how many proposals he hears day in day out) and everyone in the room could see how special a place we have, it really does put it into perspective and reminds you that we are lucky to have CPEC and the staff of CPEC here in our own backyard, as well as that every so often we should acknowledge the commitment they make.

The person responsible for that visit was our CEO Garry Prigg. Garry put in an enormous amount of work and also did work that a CEO usually wouldn’t do, including tending to the garden at 7.30am yesterday morning to make sure it looked its best for the visit. Garry worked with the Lions Club on a proposal that will hopefully generate a new income stream for CPEC. It will allow the world to access the Early Intervention Programs that are so successful.

Thank you also to Claire for the presentation she gave where you could see and hear the dedication she has to the children who attend CPEC. I was watching her give her presentation and showing her photos of your children and I wanted you to know how deeply she wants your children to succeed. How lucky we are that even with all her success to date she is still so committed to ensuring each and every one of your children can learn to be as independent as possible. CPEC are also very grateful to Gayle and Lyn for the amount of experience and enthusiasm they bring to the Centre every day.

To the parents who had their children with them at CPEC when Dr Tam visited – he said it was the most enjoyable part of his visit and wanted to thank you for making an effort to meet him.

You will be prepared to be trained to perform all daily activities & communication skills required. This position requires collaboration, awareness and flexibility as well as tidiness and attention to detail.

Role will best suit an effective communicator, You will display initiative, integrity and a superior work ethic and – very importantly – relationship-building skills. You will be able to take direction and when necessary, work independently. You will value a clean and tidy living & work environment.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A bottle here, a bottle there, pick one up when you are heading out for dinner, grab bottle of something to give as an easy birthday, Christmas, housewarming gift. Generally they cost between $10 - $20, how many a week would you buy? If I was being honest I would have to say at least 3, what about you?

Now if you would indulge me, have a think about where your $30 - $50 goes each week. A fair percentage goes to the supermarket / liquor store, the rest to the winemaker / grape grower, perhaps some to the transport company. A large majority of the wine sold at supermarkets is owned by hugeconglomerates and unless you only buy local wines your money leaves the region, often the country. Did you know that? Perhaps it didn’t even enter your realm of consciousness. Fair enough too, we all deserve a glass of something after a hard days / weeks work!

But what if our money could be used to help someone, we still get our bottle of wine; we still get to enjoy it with a girlfriend, over dinner or relaxing by the river.

Black Pearl rosé was made locally, using local grapes for a local girl called Meg Casley who has severe Cerebral Palsy. The award winning local wine maker gave her time to make the wine to help Meg, the Local grape growers gave their produce to help Meg, and the Local volunteers who pickedgrapes, bottled, labelled and boxed the wine gave their time to help Meg.

Could you help Meg by purchasing a box of 6 bottles?@ $15 a bottle you wont need to pop in at the bottle shop for 2 – 3 weeks, it’s money you would have spent anyway!

We offer free delivery in the Alpine region, Albury / Wodonga and Melbourne.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Sold 2 doz Black Pearl Rosé at the Freeburgh Market this morning. Thanks to everyone who supported us by buying a bottle or 2! Anyone who wants to buy some to help support Meg, there is still plenty here. We are happy to deliver free in the Alpine Shire, Albury / Wodonga or in Melbourne. Call or email me your order! Or see us next Saturday at Make it Bake it Grow it in Bright.